"Booty?"

    Brad rubbed his shoulders so that Buffy could sit more comfortable, but he looked a little confused.

    The cream said lightly, "is it the legacy of the iron wolf guild? Although those shrems have the ability to corrode many things, they don''t eat things that really have little nutritional value. Therefore, we should be able to find something useful. "

    Cocoa was a little confused: "can there really be so many? Their clothes are all covered with the smell of buffy''s pollen. The shrems shouldn''t leave much... "

    Ello was also worried about this, but he should go and have a look at it anyway.

    Entering the shining forest, Napa reluctantly exudes soft magic to disperse the slamming shrems.

    Of the ten members of the iron wolf, arrow really doesn''t believe it and can''t leave anything.

    Facts have proved that his guess is true.

    By virtue of Napa''s magic, the party strolled through the shining forest without fear and danger, and collected the booty along the way.

    The bones of those iron wolf members were indeed eaten by shrem, and only the last bit of debris proved that there was a dead man lying here.

    Of the eight traps released, three can still be used. The other five were either completely trampled or deliberately damaged. Although the metal items of weapons and equipment are still preserved, most of them have been corroded. They look brittle and thin and are not suitable for reuse.

    However, there are some things that can be recycled.

    That''s money.

    In the grass, beside the bushes, in the corner of the tree trunk, where the iron wolf soldiers threw away their clothes, ello would search carefully. Fortunately, there are always a few coins that have not been corroded and look useful in each place.

    Finally, he came to the scene where Wolff was killed. The body of the iron wolf leader had been eaten clean, leaving only iron armor, iron pants and iron boots.

    Arrow pulled out the flame knife inserted here two days ago, slightly cut the corroded and fully integrated armor pocket, and felt a jingling bag from the inside.

    This jingle is really exciting.

    After a search, the mermaid song guild got a flame knife, three traps, a pile of slain shrem''s skin, and a total of 48 gold, 7 silver and 7 copper.

    After counting the money, ello thought and put two gold coins in his pocket, which was even with the account just now. But looking at the money, the excited expression on his face only stayed for a short moment. Then it was filled with a deeply confused expression.

    It was dark, and they returned to the guild again after finishing all their things.

    At dinner time, Brad was very happy that cream officially joined the guild and kept touching his fists with him to express his excitement.

    But such a celebration did not last long after all. During the whole dinner process, ello always kept silent and looked at the money bag. It seemed that there was not any money in it, but countless troubles.

    "Brother president, what''s the matter with you?"

    Seeing that ello never drank milk, cocoa finally couldn''t help asking.

    Arrow was slightly stunned, and then raised his head. I saw several members of his family looking at him. Now he found that he was thinking out of his mind and smiled: "Oh, I didn''t do anything. Don''t worry. Keep eating and drinking."

    Buffy slowly floated to arrow''s nose: "president, worry? Say! We are worried. "

    Arrow raised his head again, glanced at Buffy, Brad, cream and coco one by one, and then slowly opened his mouth——

    "I know we got a lot of money in this battle. Total 46 gold, 7 silver and 7 copper. It''s a lot of money, and we really need it for mermaid song. So on the whole... We should be happy. "

    Brad: Well... President, what''s wrong with that

    Ello breathed out and said slowly, "but I hope you can forget the money we got first. Because, to be exact, the money belongs to stolen money. And our guild can''t accept stolen money. "

    Although ello didn''t want to, he wanted to swallow all the money at one go. In this way, before entering the winter, she had turned losses into profits and laid a good foundation for the next 1000 gold coins.

    But in fact, he really can''t do that.

    "I know you''re confused now. But as long as I explain to you a little, you will understand. "

    Ailuo paused, arranged his thoughts slightly, and said——

    "Every guild has been registered in the Empire. It''s like the song of Mermaid and the iron wolf. We''ve all registered our guild. Broadly speaking, every guild registered in the Empire must accept the management of the Empire and ensure that it carries out appropriate tasks in the appropriate area. "

    "Fundamentally speaking, the imperial law prohibits private fights between guilds, not to mention that victorious guilds occupy the wealth of failed guilds."

    "If you think about it carefully, if two guilds can attack each other anytime and anywhere, those powerful guilds can easily exclude them from the business scope of adventurers guild by defeating other small guilds over a long period of time."

    "In this way, no one will register a new guild. The result is that when you want to entrust the guild to do things, you have to choose from one or two or three giant guilds. "

    "Then think about it. If our mermaid song guild is the most powerful guild in the whole blue bay Empire, and others have to entrust our guild to handle their affairs, how should we charge?"

    Brad was very frank: "how much do you charge? Isn''t it a normal charge? "

    Buffy thought after listening to ero''s translation of goblin language and said, "more... Expensive?"

    Arrow nodded: "yes, at that time, our guild will enter a state called ''Monopoly''. We have monopolized the market of the adventurer guild, so we say that as much money as it costs to complete a task, others must give us as much money. And after paying the money, we don''t have to guarantee the quality of service. Because our guild is the only one. Even if you are not satisfied, you still have to come to us next time. After we monopolize the economy like this, it will have an impact on prices, thus affecting the economy of the whole blue bay empire. At one point, the Empire will reduce taxes, at the other, the Empire will fear the power of our guild and begin to make up its mind to destroy us. "

    After listening, Brad couldn''t help taking a cold breath.

    "Therefore, in order to prevent the adventurers'' associations from annexing each other, private fighting and killing each other are strictly prohibited in various countries. Let alone encroach on the property of other guilds. These are circumstances not permitted by law. "

    "Then it comes back. What if a guild suddenly perishes because of something, or can''t continue its business and cancel it?"

    "The state will collect the remaining property of the guild and distribute it to the family of the guild manager. If the guild manager has no family and no other suitable person to accept, it will be returned to the state treasury. "

    "In other words, the legal owner of these 40 gold coins in our hands should be the blue bay Empire, that is, the property belonging to the royal family. We now occupy these properties, which is tantamount to illegally occupying the gold coins of our royal family. I believe you don''t need me to explain more. You should also know what it means to occupy the Royal Property? "

    For coco, Brad, Buffy and cream, they are either born in an ordinary peasant family, a gangster who lives in the streets, or a non-human race who doesn''t understand what the human emperor represents.

    Now let them suddenly understand what a huge bomb the money in their hands represents. I''m afraid they can''t understand it immediately.

    However, the reason of "offending the royal family" can immediately let them understand what it represents.

    Brad''s first reaction was violent. He shrunk his neck, held the table with trembling hands, and said nervously, "yes... President! a royal house? So, are we robbing the royal family... Now? When I was young, my parents... Told me that even when the emperor''s family worked in the fields, they used hoes made of gold! They''re getting rich! There are so many... So many officials. They are very powerful! We... What should we do now? Do you want to return all this money? oh Yes... Yes! If... If the emperor really wants to catch people... President! You''re smart. Can you tell them not to catch... Not to catch Buffy? It''s all me... It''s all the money I helped pick up. Buffy can''t take an iron coin! She is innocent! "

    Although this big fool is a little stupid, he is really cute.

    Ailuo said with a smile, "don''t worry, as you said, the emperor''s family uses gold hoes. They haven''t come to trouble us for more than 40 gold coins. You can safely protect your buffy. "

    What Brad and arrow said was a little complicated. Buffy cocked up her ears and listened very hard, but she didn''t understand much from her confused expression. Seeing this, ello just smiled at her and didn''t explain anything.

    "As you say, are you going to keep the money?"

    Cream took a sip of the glass, and his eyes showed a little doubt. The more contact with the president, the more mysterious he is.